"Evening Bells Are Ringing" is apparently an original song by A.P. Carter. Although the title is a phrase that has been used in poems and the lyrics seem based on a parlor song from the 1800s, I can't find an earlier source.

Anyone?

THE EVENING BELLS ARE RINGING- AP Carter 1934

      [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

Moonlight shining over Dixie
To my heart will ever bring
Dreams of snowy fields of cotton
Everywhere the darkies sing

    In the evening by the moonlight
    In dear old Tennessee
    And the evening bells were ringing
    Across the hills so tenderly

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Moonlight makes me sigh for you, dear
Makes me long to hold your hand
I know I'm missing hugs and kisses
Far away from Dixieland

    In the evening by the moonlight
    In dear old Tennessee
    And the evening bells were ringing
    Across the hills so tenderly

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My darling, come, for I am waiting
Come, let me hold you very near
We'll build a bower among the flowers
Down in Dixieland

    In the evening by the moonlight
    In dear old Tennessee
    And the evening bells were ringing
    Across the hills so tenderly